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  1. Visions of Africa: Colonial Cinema I. Films from Central Africa, 1940s - 1960s (2012)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 56 minutes), £28.00 (individual rate)

    Collection of films mostly made by government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, during the 1940s, 19550s, and 1960s. Contents include the following films: Mary’s Lucky Day (Lux toilet soap commercial); The Box...

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  2. Legacy of Empire, The (1997)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 54 min., 1997 sale: £46.99 (inclusive)

    A video-based resource pack exploring concepts of empire and colonialsm by examining the impact of Cecil Rhodes on modern Africa. Includes clips from the BBC series RHODES and interviews giving different...

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  3. Wired for Books: Doris Lessing (1988)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    Two interviews, one from 1988 and one from 1992, in which Doris Lessing, author of The Fifth Child, The Golden Notebook, and several other pieces of literature, comes to talk with Don Swaim about her start...

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  4. No Easy Walk (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bernard Odjidja
    Producer
    J Edward Milner
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min.

    Part 1 uses archival newsreel footage and interviews to trace the history of Ethiopia from 1896, when the Ethiopian army defeated the Italians, to the post-war setting up of the Organisation for African...

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  5. Liable to Prosecution (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    Stephen Clarke; Chris Curling
    Producer
    Brian Lapping
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the background to the Bingham Report. Shell and BP, both British companies, are shown to have been involved in supplying oil to Rhodesia in defiance of both British and United Nations prohibition....

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  6. War in Zimbabwe-Chimurenga, The (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    Antonia Caccia
    Producer
    Rakhetla Tsehlana
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Film shot inside Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) and also in a transit camp in Botswana during 1977, which concentrates on the views of ordinary people, featuring interviews with black men and women from all walks of life.

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